From Dormant to Dangerous: P2Pinfect Evolves to Deploy New Ransomware and Cryptominer
P2Pinfect is a rust-based malware covered extensively by Cado Security in the past. Cado Security researchers first discovered it during triage of honeypot telemetry in July of 2023.
Progress Software elevates severity of new MOVEit bug to ‘critical’ as exploit attempts jump
The company updated an advisory about a bug affecting the MOVEit tool, warning a “newly identified vulnerability in a third-party component" had elevated the risks.
Auth. Bypass In (Un)Limited Scenarios - Progress MOVEit Transfer (CVE-2024-5806)
Progress un-embargoed an authentication bypass vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer. Many sysadmins may remember last year’s CVE-2023-34362, a cataclysmic vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer that sent ripples through the industry, claiming such high-profile victims as the BBC and FBI. Sensitive data was leaked, and sensitive data was destroyed, as the cl0p ransomware gang leveraged 0days to steal data - and ultimately leaving a trail of mayhem.
US accuses Russian of helping Kremlin hack Ukraine’s state computer systems
According to the Department of Justice, 22-year-old Amin Stigal helped Russian military intelligence carry out cyber operations, including probing computers belonging to a federal government agency in Maryland.
Chinese Cyberspies Employ Ransomware in Attacks for Diversion
Cyberespionage groups have been using ransomware as a tactic to make attack attribution more challenging, distract defenders, or for a financial reward as a secondary goal to data theft.
ChamelGang & Friends | Cyberespionage Groups Attacking Critical Infrastructure with Ransomware
Threat actors in the cyberespionage ecosystem are using ransomware for financial gain, disruption, distraction, misattribution, and the removal of evidence.
Microsoft employee accidentally publishes PlayReady code
[German]A Microsoft software developer has accidentally shared internal PlayReady source code with the public (a developer forum). The data leak of 4 GByte is sufficient to compile the required DLL from the source code. This could be a real boon for people who want to reverse engineering or crack PlayReady. What is PlayReady? PlayReady is...
UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow: Widespread Impact from Vulnerability in Popular PC and Server Firmware
Summary Eclypsium Automata, our automated binary analysis system, has identified a high impact vulnerability (CVE-2024-0762 with a reported CVSS of 7.5) in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware that runs on multiple families of Intel Core desktop and mobile processors. The issue involves an unsafe variable in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) configuration that could lead […]
The inside view of spyware’s 'dirty interference,' from two recent Pegasus victims
Andrei Sannikov and Evgeny Erlikh discuss the effects of discovering their devices had been infected with Pegasus — making them part of a rapidly expanding list of civil-society figures targeted with the commercial spyware.
CDK Begins Restoring Systems Amid Ransomware Payment Reports
CDK Global, the auto dealership software solutions firm that supplies services to an estimated 15,000 dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, said it has begun the
GrimResource - Microsoft Management Console for initial access and evasion
Elastic researchers uncovered a new technique, GrimResource, which allows full code execution via specially crafted MSC files. It underscores a trend of well-resourced attackers favoring innovative initial access methods to evade defenses.
Polyfill.io is a service that automatically provides front-end polyfills, making it very convenient to use. You just need to select the functionality you want to polyfill and then include a JavaScript
Activités d’influence et désinformation: le Conseil fédéral insiste sur la résilience et renforce l’analyse et la coordination
Lors de sa séance du 19 juin 2024, le Conseil fédéral a approuvé le rapport établi en réponse au postulat 22.3006 de la Commission de la politique de sécurité du Conseil national «État des lieux relatif à la menace que constituent pour la Suisse les campagnes de désinformation». Le rapport montre l’impact sur le pays des activités d’influence dans l’espace de l’information, les éléments caractéristiques pertinents dans ce contexte et les mesures supplémentaires que le Conseil fédéral entend prendre pour contrer ces menaces.
Recent Zyxel NAS Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet
A recently disclosed critical-severity vulnerability in discontinued Zyxel NAS devices is already exploited in botnet attacks, the Shadowserver Foundation warns. Tracked as CVE-2024-29973, the issue is described as a code injection flaw that can be exploited remotely without authentication. It was introduced last year, when Zyxel patched CVE-2023-27992, a similar code injection bug. “While patching this vulnerability, they added a new endpoint which uses the same approach as the old ones, and while doing so, implemented the same mistakes as its predecessors,” explains Outpost24 security researcher Timothy Hjort, who discovered and reported the security defect.
Iconv, set the charset to RCE: Exploiting the glibc to hack the PHP engine (part 1)
A few months ago, I stumbled upon a 24 years old buffer overflow in the glibc, the base library for linux programs. Despite being reachable in multiple well-known libraries or executables, it proved rarely exploitable — while it didn't provide much leeway, it required hard-to-achieve preconditions. Looking for targets lead mainly to disappointment. On PHP however, the bug shone, and proved useful in exploiting its engine in two different ways.
CISA confirms hackers may have accessed data from chemical facilities during January incident
The agency found no evidence that hackers exfiltrated information but noted the intrusion “may have resulted in the potential unauthorized access” to security plans, vulnerability assessments and user accounts within a national system to protect the chemicals sector.
New attack uses MSC files and Windows XSS flaw to breach networks
A novel command execution technique dubbed 'GrimResource' uses specially crafted MSC (Microsoft Saved Console) and an unpatched Windows XSS flaw to perform code execution via the Microsoft Management Console.
Malvertising Campaign Leads to Execution of Oyster Backdoor
Rapid7 observed a recent malvertising campaign luring users to download malicious installers for popular software like Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams.
Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought
A cyber attacker compromised Indonesia's national data centre, disrupting immigration checks at airports, and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country's communications minister told Reuters on Monday. The attack disrupted several government services, most notably at airports last week, with long lines forming at immigration desks. Automated passport machines were now functioning, the communications ministry said.
Personal information, including partial payment details, may have been obtained by bad actors during an automated credential-stuffing attack on Levi’s online store. The maker of the famous Levi’s denim jeans reported that over 72,000 accounts were affected during a “security incident” that was detected on July 13th.
More than 12,000 Santander employees in US affected by Snowflake breach
The Spanish banking giant was one of the first organizations to report a breach in the Snowflake incident, which is now known to have affected about 165 organizations.
Facebook PrestaShop module exploited to steal credit cards
Hackers are exploiting a flaw in a premium Facebook module for PrestaShop named pkfacebook to deploy a card skimmer on vulnerable e-commerce sites and steal people's payment credit card details.